2010
more than just a newspaper
An SSO Media Publication Est.
2008 www.
sstar.
net.
au Issue 083 Thursday 13 May 2010
Hospital forced to apologiseANDIE NOONAN
Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) has
apologisedforitshandlingoftwoseparate...
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2010
more than just a newspaper
An SSO Media Publication Est.
2008 www.
sstar.
net.
au Issue 083 Thursday 13 May 2010
Hospital forced to apologiseANDIE NOONAN
Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) has
apologisedforitshandlingoftwoseparate
PostExposureProphylaxis(PEP)cases.
A second man has come forward to
share his PEP experience at the hospital
after reading Southern Star’s exclusive
story last week about the hospital’s
bungling of a St Albans man’s request for
PEPtreatment.
Dave, 28, (not his real name) said he
was refused PEP at RMH because the
doctor decided he had a one in a million
chanceofcontractingHIV.
“Ihadthesameexperience,”Davesaid.
“After an exposure incident with [a man]
who was HIV-positive I needed to access
PEP.
The junior doctor had no idea what
PEPwas.
”
Dave said after referring to a hospital
print-outthedoctortoldhimhewouldn’t
prescribethedrugcoursebecausehehad
a one in a million chance of contracting
HIV.
“I said I can guarantee that’s not
correct,” Dave said.
“H
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